Coming soon: Aalto ARTS Grad Show 2026
We're thrilled to invite you to the Aalto ARTS Grad Show 2026 of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture!
Welcome to the School of Arts, Design and Architecture!
Art and design open up new perspectives and solutions to the world's big challenges.
Campaigning for a better future
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Aalto’s Education Impact Award goes to the Department of Film – long-term work is paying off in international success
Aalto ARTS’s Department of Film (ELO) has received the Aalto Education Impact Award in recognition of its high-quality and impactful education.
We need growth – but what exactly are we growing?
Governments demand it, companies promise it, and universities are expected to deliver it. Growth is widely seen as the answer to debt, competitiveness, and the future of the welfare state itself. But what do we actually mean by growth – and what kind of growth are we aiming for?
Aalto ARTS’s Eloseminaari event started the new academic year
The annual Eloseminaari event focused on reviewing and celebrating the work that has been done, meeting new professionals in the community and talking about the role of AI in society.
Keep in touch: a friend book for building your student network
A student team designed a friend book for Aalto University Shop to help students build contacts and make connections.
Design at the start of the supply chain – Aalto University leads a major EU project to transform textile colouration practices
The EU Horizon-funded MELANGE project brings together design, technology and business to rethink colouration practices in the textile industry and accelerate the transition towards circular and sustainable textile systems.
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The Long Read by Aalto ARTS
Longform stories, in-depth features and profiles, data visualizations and more coming up - enjoy our webmag!
Creativity Unfolded
Aalto University’s blog series Creativity Unfolded focuses on insights linked to creativity in a multitude of ways. Topics include design, technology, media, architecture, film, games, art theory and...
Meet our people
Professor Marco Steinberg: ’We need to change, and we need to do it now’
Professor of Practice in Strategic and Industrial Design says that the world’s most pressing issues, like climate change, won’t be addressed by tinkering at the edges of today’s solutions but rather require a more fundamental redesign.
Professor Ranja Hautamäki: ‘Diverse urban nature is key to increasing well-being and carbon sinks’
Professor of Landscape Architecture is tackling the issues of climate change mitigation and urban carbon sinks.
‘Environmental art education should address the problem of human-centeredness’
‘I claim’ series presents our researchers and the results of their work. Henrika Ylirisku researches the premises of environmental art education.
Julia Lohmann: ‘We know too much and do too little’
Lohmann’s magnificent seaweed pavilion won the sustainable design category for Dezeen Awards 2020.
'We must look to the past, for a lesson in designing buildings for the future'
Architect Karin Krokfors says buildings should be designed to be adaptable over time. And that history holds plenty of examples for us to study.
Aarni Kapanen illustrates Dudes & Feelings podcasts
Fighting toxic masculinity with a podcast and the help of Visual Communication Design.
Aalto Art and Design Cases
Aalto Design Cases is a platform for activity-based creativity and practice-based research in the Aalto School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Prominent art at Aalto University
Aalto University promotes visibility and impact of art and creativity both in society and at our own campus. Aalto University uses one percent of building costs to fund art.
Events
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2026 exhibition
Curious to catch a glimpse of tomorrow? Welcome to experience our largest exhibition of the year!
Aalto Day One 2026 – Aalto University Opening of the Academic Year
Welcome to Aalto University’s Opening of the Academic Year on 1 Sep 2026 in Otaniemi. Aalto Day One brings the Aalto community together for the opening ceremony, the Aalto Awards and Aalto Party.
We Design, But We Are Not Designers
In this Design Interrupted panel discussion, we delve into the limits of design as seen from outside its professional confines.
Aalto ARTS Grad Show 2026 exhibition grand opening
Join us in celebrating our graduates from the School of Arts, Design and Architecture! Let's meet in Kipsari on 3 September 2026 at 3 p.m.
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Otaniementie 14
School of Arts, Design and Architecture
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Otakaari 1